1841 or 1851 Census -Cater

[DavidTaylor]

Hi there,, Looking for William and his son Samuel Cater, born about 1835 in Kingston, Cambridge... Thank you

[bedfordshire boy]

The Cambs FHS web site has the indexes to the 1841 and 1851 censuses.

http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html

If you then find who you are looking for and need more info from the census itself you can quote the film and folio numbers which makes look ups much quicker.

Your William age 25 and Samuel age 5 plus Jane 25 were in Gt Eversden in 1841. William was an ag lab and all 3 were born in county.

In 1851 they have been transcribed as Cato!
HO107/1758 390B
Gt Eversden
William Cato H M 38 lab b Gt Eversden
Jane Cato wife 36 b Barton Cam
Samuel Cato son unm 15 lab b Kingston
Henry Cato son 2 b Gt Eversden
Sarah Tabram servant 12 b Gt Eversden
Ann Cato lodger widow 73 b Gt Eversden

 

[DavidTaylor]

Novice question,,,, How do you know there wasn't actually a Samuel Cato and this isn't Samuel Cater? Do you get to a point and then take an educated guess? Just curious how to deal with misspellings...

And by the way, whats a AG LAB? Thanks!!


Regards
David

[bedfordshire boy]

Agricultural labourer.

I think the chances of two families in the same village with the same christian names and ages, one named Cato and the other Cater are pretty remote! It's down to the balance of probabilities, plus putting yourself in the position of the transcriber/enumerator - with illiterate informants he wrote down what he thought he heard! You live in NY - how would you write down "water" as spoken by a NYer? wadder or wodder? One "d" or two?

The comparison 1841 to any other census is the most difficult as other confirmatory points are missing eg actual age rather than rounding down, relationship to head, and place of birth. Comparing 1851 to 1861 is much easier.

Do you use the LDS opposite Lincoln Centre? I used to do a lot of my research there, before I returned to London.

regards

david

[DavidTaylor]

Hi again David,, I haven't been to that LDS actually, there is a small one near me in Queens, but , most of my research has been done in country or on the net....... I took another look at 1851 and there was also an ANN "Cato" age 73.. I assumed that was WIlliam Cater's mother,, so then I looked at the baptismal index for 1813 and WIlliam born to a John and Ann Cater at Great Eversden., Pretty haddy that link you gave THANKS!

I know there was a lot of infant death but its odd that there was a 13 year gap between Samuel and Henry.

I guess I'll have to wait for my next trip to england to check wedding and baptismal records for John and Ann, but if you have access to the 1861 or 1871 census could I bother you to look up the family again? By 1881 Samuel was already in Islington...

Regards
David

[bedfordshire boy]

1861 Gt Eversden  RG9/1016 page 128
William Cater Head marr 48 farm lab b Gt Eversden
Jane Cater wife 46 b Barton
Henry Cater son 10 b Gt Eversden
Charles Cater son 10 b Gt Eversden
George Cater son 7 b Gt Eversden
Alfred Cater son 4 b Gt Eversden

No sign of Samuel in Gt Eversden though. Was he married by then?

Regards

David

[Anjo]

Hi just thought I would give you some more names to play with.

I had a look at the actual entry on the 1841 census of your william and I have nothing extra to add to that family

A couple of entries on I found a John Cater

John         Cater   35   Ag lab
Elizabeth  Cater   35
William     Cater    12
John         Cater    10
Ann           Cater    7
Mary         Cater    5
Maria         Cater  3
Jane          Cater   4 Mts

Livng in Great Eversden

Living in Little Eversden

John Cater     66  Ag Lab
Ann Cater       64

Possible parents of William?? Checked the lds site and found these christenings.

William Cater chr  11 Jun 1813  Parents John Cater and Ann
John Cater  chr 22 May 1807         "           "       "       "     "
Mary Cater  chr 11 Jun 1813          "           "       "       "     "

Hope this helps to grow your tree. all the best Anjo